Our Fellows Contribute to Research at Archival Institute

Archival Fellowships

Archival Institute provides fellowships for research and field work related to the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.

Meet Our Fellows

Golzar Sepehri

Golzar SepehriBiography Golzar Sepehri is a Junior Fellow at Archival Institute and a Master’s student at Harvard University studying Middle Eastern studies, where her research focuses on international security. She recently served as a faculty aide to a distinguished professor, where her research duties focused on U.S. foreign relations. She has contributed to Archival Institute's research on Iranian [...]

John Melkon

John MelkonBiography John Melkon is currently a Senior Research Fellow at Archival Institute and Director for the Center for the Study of Civil-Military Operations at United States Military Academy. His Archival Fellowship is focused on the problems plaguing the African Trans-Sahara including active Islamic extremism, trafficking in counterfeit good, arms, narcotics, and humans, climate change [...]

Dr. John Vafai

Dr. John Changiz Vafai | JD, LLM, JSD, MPABiography Dr. John Vafai is a scholar in the field of international business transactions. He has been recognized as a leading practitioner in foreign direct investment, licensing, and international oil and gas law. He has done extensive research on the impact of the JCPOA on companies in [...]